IN VIVO-IMAGE CAPTURE DEVICE

摘要

Provided is an in-vivo image capturing apparatus capable of capturing the images only in a desired imaging direction within a subject. An acceleration sensor (13) detects the gravity direction of a pantoscopic capsule casing (11) which includes imaging optical systems (12a, 12b) capable of capturing images in both end directions, within the subject. One of the imaging optical systems (12a, 12b) is selected as an imaging direction based on a result of detection, thereby capturing the images only in the desired imaging direction within the subject. Accordingly the amount of the image data and the observation time may be substituted even in the pantoscopic type to the same degree as that of the monocular type.